Doctor or not, you are minimizing this and encouraging people not to modify behavior short term. China, Korea and Italy would not have virtually shut down their economies to deal with this if there was not a serious risk. Panic, no. Change behavior to what it should have been in the first place, yes. Additionally avoiding situations where mass infection is possible, yes. Forcefully quarantining infected unwilling to self quarantine and having consequences for breaking self quarantine, yes. You of all people should support this but your libertarian streak overwhelms reason.
No, I am not MINIMIZING anything, rather, I am answering with data and science your overt panic. I am not a libertarian, I am a livery loving constitutionalist, and believe that the constitution was written to protect me from the government who MAY BE prone to overreach. The bill of rights? Its a list of Thou Shalt Not to the government. So, if you wish to trade your liberty for security, you are a government loving nanny statist.
Secondly, have I in ANY WAY indicated that REASONABLE percautions: hand washing, staying home while ill, not exposing the vulnerable elderly to people who are not feeling well to name a few are NOT reasonable nor prudent?
I suspect simply because I do NOT agree with you, that you wish to demean the argument by name calling. However you expose YOUR statism with this from your post: “Forcefully quarantining infected unwilling to self quarantine...yes”. Only one little step from that to “Forcefully quarantining those who disagree with me politically...yes”
Bottom line — this is EXACLTY the death of liberty that you and yours advocate. Thank you for coming out as someone willing to deny people of due process and individual liberty. You have indeed shown your colors.
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